Growth Spurt Anyone???

MyGymStar · 10-02-2008, 05:43 PM

My daughter had a HUGE growth spurt this summer, and shot up to 4 foot almost 6 inches!!! She is 9 years old. She used to be about the middle of the group, and now she is one of the tallest!!! Is that normal for 9 year olds?

**bogwoppit** · 10-02-2008, 05:51 PM

For girls they can get that growth spurt anytime between 9 & 15 years. It is a shock when they grow up so fast, you'd think it'd hurt! It can also take some adjusting in the gym too.

kristilyn73 · 10-02-2008, 07:33 PM

My DD age 13 has gone through a small growth spurt in the past few months. She has had a little bit of difficulty maintaining her newer skills.. but is working hard at them.

It happens to all of the girls at some point, the other ones will catch up! LOL

flippymonkeysmom · 10-03-2008, 04:26 AM

my dd hit a huge growth spurt around 9 years old. She had a tough time with some skills b/c of it. She had her kip before she was even a level 4 and after that growth spurt she actually lost it for a short time. Her coach told her to be patient and that when you have a huge growth spurt you really do have to relearn a lot of things - you're whole center of gravity and dynamics totally change.

So to answer to question - yes it is totally normal - and I hope it doesn't effect her too much

msl529 · 10-03-2008, 08:14 AM

Ok, I think my DD just may top all yours in this department!

She has been in the 90-95 percentile for her height/age since she was about 10 months old. What does this mean for practical reasons? For us, it means that she is ALWAYS in a growth spurt! I mean, in order to stay that far ahead of everyone else your age, you'd have to be!

Around here, we just have degrees of growth spurts:

a) Always growing
b) Growing pretty fast at the moment
c) Super-sonic-hyperspace-overdrive growing

(which would be her most recent, the little brat has passed me up in height this past month, at age 12!)

This also makes it a challenge for us, b/c she has scoliosis. Which means we have to buy her a new back brace evey 6-12 months, b/c she outgrows them. Insurance does not always cover it, so twice in the past 3 years, we were out $3,000 each time, for a non-covered brace! Add to this her gym fees, and you know why she is the most expensive person to maintain in this house (and possibly in the entire neighborhood)!

So yes, growth spurts are normal at your DD's age. She may very well end up being the tallest gymnast on her team like mine....(she hates basketball, so don't even go there, I know it's weird that she's in this sport, but she loves it)!

Good luck, you may soon be getting all the emotions that go along w/ all this growing!

MyGymStar · 10-03-2008, 08:32 AM

Luckily she is not still growing. She has stopped

It has really only hurt her bars a little. It seems like they are not quite as easy for her as they were before?

gymbratsmommy · 10-03-2008, 08:34 AM

Wouldn't it be nice if they would just stay little for a bit longer. These growth spurts are making me feel old.........and short. DD and DS both shot up 3 inches last year and now another 1 inch this year. DD is 8 1/2 and stands 4'6" and DS is 10 and stands 5' 1".

I'm only 5' 6" and will soon be the shortest in our family.

As far as gymnastics goes, DD had a little trouble on beam and tumbling, but she seems to be OK now that she has found her center again.

**bogwoppit** · 10-03-2008, 08:39 AM

My son looks down on me, I stand on the first stair to lecture him now. He's 16 now, he will leave home in 9 months, I am counting every day. Thinking about it makes me cry.

Holy moly it goes so very fast, we don't have them to love in our homes for long, make the most of them.

hunde2 · 10-03-2008, 08:45 AM


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Originally Posted by MyGymStar My daughter had a HUGE growth spurt this summer, and shot up to 4 foot almost 6 inches!!! She is 9 years old. She used to be about the middle of the group, and now she is one of the tallest!!! Is that normal for 9 year olds?

My daughter grew over the summer too.Although she is just in the middle of the growthchart.She had to do some adjustments running down the vault runway.I guess since her stride changed she had to adjust where she started running from.

Mom2Gymgirls · 10-03-2008, 10:57 AM


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Originally Posted by msl529 She has been in the 90-95 percentile for her height/age since she was about 10 months old. What does this mean for practical reasons? For us, it means that she is ALWAYS in a growth spurt! I mean, in order to stay that far ahead of everyone else your age, you'd have to be! Around here, we just have degrees of growth spurts: a) Always growing b) Growing pretty fast at the moment c) Super-sonic-hyperspace-overdrive growing (which would be her most recent, the little brat has passed me up in height this past month, at age 12!)

I got a good laugh at this. Sounds just like my dd #2. If it helps any, DD#1 was always at least 95% for height. She was the tallest kid in her grade, including boys and girls, during elementary school. Once she hit 6th grade she slowed down and now has not grown any in about 2 years. Everyone kept telling me she was going to be huge, and she only ended up 5'6" and shorter than me. DD#2 is almost 5'1", so we'll see where she ends up. I'm thinking she is going to be the tallest of all my 3. It is frustrating at times though. We are constantly buying new pants because they are too short!